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H4616מַ֫עַןma.an

becausePart of speech: Hebrew Preposition OR Conjunction

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Occurrences by book

  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 48
  6. 8
  7. 2
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 16
  12. 9
  13. 1
  14. 9
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. 32
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 28
  24. 24
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 37
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 4
  31. 1
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 2
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. Malachi: 0

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272 occurrences in 252 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Psalms 130:4

    But there is forgiveness with you, Therefore you are feared.

    לְ֝מַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  2. Psalms 143:11

    Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

    לְמַֽעַן־ le.ma.'an- “for [the] sake of”

  3. Proverbs 2:20

    That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  4. Proverbs 15:24

    The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  5. Proverbs 19:20

    Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.

    לְ֝מַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  6. Isaiah 5:19

    Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it!"

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  7. Isaiah 23:16

    Take a harp, go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

    לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  8. Isaiah 28:13

    Therefore shall the word of Yahweh be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

    לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  9. Isaiah 30:1

    Woe to the rebellious children, says Yahweh, who take counsel, but not of me; and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

    לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  10. Isaiah 37:35

    For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

    לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י (לְמַֽעֲנִ֔) le.ma.'a. “for own sake”וּלְמַ֖עַן (לְמַ֖עַן) le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

  11. Isaiah 41:20

    that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

    לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  12. Isaiah 42:21

    It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

  13. Isaiah 43:10

    You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  14. Isaiah 43:14

    Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

    לְמַעַנְכֶ֞ם (לְמַעַנְ) le.ma.'an. “for sake”

  15. Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

    לְמַעֲנִ֑י (לְמַעֲנִ֑) le.ma.'a. “for own sake”

  16. Isaiah 43:26

    Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [supplied: your cause], that you may be justified.

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  17. Isaiah 44:9

    Those who fashion an engraved image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses don't see, nor know: that they may be disappointed.

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  18. Isaiah 45:3

    and I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  19. Isaiah 45:4

    For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

  20. Isaiah 45:6

    that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  21. Isaiah 48:9

    For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.

    לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

  22. Isaiah 48:11

    For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should [supplied: my name] be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.

    לְמַעֲנִ֧י (לְמַעֲנִ֧) le.ma.'a. “for own sake”לְמַעֲנִ֛י (לְמַעֲנִ֛) le.ma.'a. “for own sake”

  23. Isaiah 49:7

    Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [supplied: and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [supplied: even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.

    לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “on account of”

  24. Isaiah 55:5

    Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “on account of”

  25. Isaiah 62:1

    For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.

    לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”וּלְמַ֥עַן (לְמַ֥עַן) le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”